Quadratus Femoris
Anatomy, function and the kettlebell exercises that train the quadratus femoris.
- Body region
- Hip (deep)
- Muscle group
- Deep Hip Rotators
What the quadratus femoris does
Hip external rotation, adduction.
Kettlebell exercises that train the quadratus femoris
17 exercises from our biomechanical library, ordered by how primarily they load this muscle.
- Goblet Squatstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Side Bendstabilizer
- Single Arm Side Bendstabilizer
- Kneeling Deep Windmillstabilizer
- Woodchopperstabilizer
- Double Kettlebell Ninety Ninety Get-Upsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Reverse Ninety-Ninety Get-Upsecondary
- Turkish Get-Upsecondary
- Single Arm Racked Curtsy Lungesecondary
- Armbarsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Racked Curtsy Get-Upsecondary
- Single Arm Reverse Curtsy Get-Upsecondary
- Windmill Anyhowsecondary
- Double Kettlebell Sumo Deadliftsecondary
- Windmillsecondary
- Low Windmillsecondary
- Ninety-Ninety Windmillsecondary
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